Your Favorite You
Welcome to Your Favorite You, a weekly podcast helping brilliant women like you with beautiful brains to create the life you've been dreaming of with intention so you can find your favorite version of you. Your host, Melissa Parsons, is a pediatrician turned life coach. She holds the titles of wife, mom, daughter, sister, and friend of many. She became a certified life coach after discovering that coaching held the secret to the universe, and knew she had to share this magic with everyone in her orbit. This podcast is for you if ... you're stuck in fear and perfectionism thinking that your value comes from what you do or what you don't do, rather than knowing that your value comes from who you are, and this is keeping you from dreaming and trying new things, or from remembering or doing what you used to love. Join Melissa on this journey to figuring out and remembering who you are; a journey to finding and becoming your favorite you. To learn more about Melissa, visit: https://www.melissaparsonscoaching.com/
Episodes
121 episodes
Ep 118: Fresh Starts and New Beginnings
In the spirit of having a happy and emotionally healthy 2025, I want to talk about something relevant to the dawn of a new year: Fresh starts and new beginnings. I want to remind you that each new moment in your life can be a fresh ...
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Ep 117: It's the Little Things
When we get caught up in working toward the next big thing, sometimes we forget to enjoy and be present with all the little things in life that bring us joy. As another year comes to a close, I’m dedicating this episode to sharing what ...
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Ep 116: Understanding Your Nervous System and Feeling ALL the Big Feels with Victoria Albina
Why does your body feel the way it does when you’re working through big emotions? It all has to do with your nervous system. In this episode, I am joined by Master Certified Somatic Life Coach Victoria Albina. We go over the basics of the nervo...
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Ep 115: Finding Light in the Darkness
We all face moments when it feels like the world is crumbling around us. Whether it's a personal crisis, a professional setback, or a global event that shakes our very foundation, it’s normal to feel lost and overwhelmed. We often h...
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Ep 114: Loving Your Body and Your Brain with Laura Conley
In this episode, I’m interviewed by my coaching friend, Laura Conley, who hosts the Lose Weight for the Last Time podcast. Laura and I talk about the essential practices for becoming your favorite version of you, and we go deep into wh...
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Ep 113: Tulum is Calling and We Must Go!
The transition from the holiday season to the new year can be difficult, especially when you don’t have something to look forward to. What if you could start the year by connecting with yourself and other amazing women to cultivate the mindset ...
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Ep 112: Financial Empowerment with Jack Parsons and Andrea Nameche
I'm so excited to have my son, Jack Parsons, and his incredible career mentor, Andrea Nameche, on the podcast to share their financial expertise.For years, I didn't pay much attention to my family's finances, outsourcing the job to my h...
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Ep 111: Five Lessons Learned from Amusement Parks
Life is full of unexpected twists and turns, just like a roller coaster. You never know what's coming next, and it can be pretty daunting. But if you stay on the ride, it gets less scary over time. It's all about building resilience and learnin...
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Bonus Episode: Handling Our Despair
In this bonus episode, I imperfectly share my thoughts and feel my feelings to help all of us as we attempt to figure out what to do when things fucking suck.I encourage all of you to feel your feelings today. Your feelings are not wrong...
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Ep 110: Privileges and Boundaries
Last week, I spoke about why it's important to stop forcing relationships with people who no longer want to be in relationship with you. But what if you’re on the other side of things? What if you need to withdraw your consent to be in relation...
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Ep 109: Stop Forcing Shit
When we try to force things that are not happening naturally, we end up causing ourselves pain. This tendency often stems from beliefs we have about the way things should be. It can be difficult to challenge those beliefs and stop the ...
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Ep 108: The Power of Patience
Do you feel stressed and anxious when things don’t go according to your timeline? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone. Patience is something we all struggle with, but when we cultivate patience over time, we open ourselves up to a host of be...
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Bonus: Loving Kindness Meditation
In this bonus episode, I read Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's version of the loving kindness meditation which comes from his book How to Love. You can listen to my full episode about practicing kindness
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Ep 107: Nice or Kind?
Believe it or not, there is a significant difference between being nice and being kind. Kindness comes from a place of genuine compassion and respect, while niceness often stems from a desire to please others and avoid conflict, even at the exp...
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Ep 106: The Likeability Trap
“Likeability is a trap made to silence you.” I recently came across this phrase and it resonated with me deeply. So many women throughout history have faced backlash for voicing opinions that went against societal norms. I am so gra...
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Ep 105: Intentional Feelings
Have you ever noticed how our emotions are most often influenced by the events around us? It might seem like this is just how it is, but in truth, you don’t have to allow what happens to you to dictate how you feel.In this episode, I dis...
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Ep 104: My Favorite Way to Travel with Devon Gimbel
Does your favorite version of yourself have a dream to fly first-class to Europe or book a hotel suite for a family vacation? Today, my guest Devon Gimbel talks about how to turn your travel dreams into reality using credit card poi...
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Ep 103: Women in Community
I recently spent five days in gorgeous Park City, Utah with four incredible women, and the experience made me think about how important community is for women.Back when I was a pediatrician, my work colleagues were my community and my f...
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Ep 102: Sex, Drugs, and Perimenopause with Kelly Casperson, MD
Since my last episode about sex and pleasure, I’ve wanted to explore the topic further on the podcast. I’m thrilled to be doing that today with my gu...
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Ep 101: You Can Change Your Lens
Today I want to share some insights about how our natural negativity bias might be holding us back from being one of our favorite versions of ourselves.Negativity bias can often prevent us from recognizing the positive aspects of our liv...
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Ep 100: Pediatrics and Coaching Collide!
I can hardly believe we’re celebrating the 100th episode of Your Favorite You! Whether you’ve been here for one episode or all 100, thank you for choosing to start the journey of becoming your favorite version of yourself with me. ...
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Ep 99: Parenting on Purpose with Bev Aron
I am delighted to have Bev Aron join me as a guest on the podcast. I first heard Bev speak about purposeful parenting back in 2021, and her talk left a lasting impact on me. Today, I’m excited to bring her wisdom to all of you.In this ep...
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Ep 98: Influence vs. Control with Maggie Reyes
I’m so excited to welcome back the amazing Maggie Reyes to the podcast. If you’re listening to this episode today it comes out, today is Maggie's birthday. I’m so grateful that Maggie was born and that she is joining us once again to share her ...
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